Matthew Perren
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matnav.co.uk
Matthew Perren
@matnav.co.uk
#MSDyn365BC consultant. Reporting specialist
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I’ve been able to create US and Netherlands environments so I can help my customers with VAT and sales tax set up.

I use them to test features on new release waves and train my colleagues.

Astonishing that this is something I’ve basically had to cheat MS to get.
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I have two such tenants both of which have been on the go for over six years.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
One upon a time you could create a free M365 developer environment and then use the email address/es to start a BC trial. As we all know, a BC trial never runs out if you don’t use Production. The multiple “users” you get with the M365 enables you to test approval flows and permission and roles.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
In case anyone was interested, the issue preventing VAT Returns being done from #MSDyn365BC in the UK was that the GovTalk app hadn’t been updated for v27
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
God no!
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A lot of the MVPs don’t post here anymore. Steve Endow never arrived and Jeremy, Kristen, Shannon, Christian and others hardly ever post.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yeah but customers tended to not be on Twitter. Plus I couldn’t stay there once Musk started making increasingly destabilising changes to the platform

Shame. We had really good thing going there
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
You can’t ask for help on LinkedIn because it’s a b2b platform so the likelihood is that the customer who you’re doing the work is also there.
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
LinkedIn is vile. It’s a platform for self aggrandisement and no place for the kind of supportive warm community we built on Twitter.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’m migrating my client from a heavily modified Navision 5 to BC SaaS so it’s not straightforward.

But your suggestion is really helpful thank you
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I just needed “unputdownable” for bingo
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
So he thinks the current serving army, navy and air force are not warriors, “just defenders”?
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If I want the right expression, I google it and then extrapolate the correct answer from the results. As I go I learn who to rely on. I don’t need a flaky third party to do it for me.

I’ve yet to be persuaded that AI is really worth exchanging humans for when looking for help.
August 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Presupposing the query is right. You need to check. So you might as well write it yourself.
August 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Other modest paramilitaries
August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Scouts
August 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’m also “in IT” and have wasted far too much time explaining to customers why ChatGPT is wrong. Again.
August 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What sort?
August 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
…so I could write about post about it for engagement.

I didn’t engage because these people oughtn’t to be rewarded for this bilge.
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM